Sliding gate



(No Model.)

I S. J. MILLER.

SLIDING GATE. f No. 281,908. Patented July 24, 1883.

' battens b b c, opposite opening between the top UNITED v STATES PATENTOFFICE.

SAMUEL J. MILLER,- OF CAMBRIDGE CITY, INDIANA.

SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,908, dated July 24,1883.

I Application filed November 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cambridge City, in the county of Wayne and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SlidingGates 5 and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and use ful improvements insliding gates and mechanism for operating the same, whereby the gate maybe opened or closed by equestrians or persons in vehicles as theyapproach or leave the gate and it consists in the construction of thegate, and in the combination there with of the operating mechanism, aswill be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in sections, said sections being takenthrough the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of "a castingwhich forms the bearing for the rock-shaft and gear-segment.

A represents a gate which is composed of.

horizontal and vertical slats, the horizontal slats a a being placedabove each other 011 the same vertical plane, though at differentdistances from each other, the inner or central slats being arranged atequal distances from the outer ones, as shown in the annexed drawings.These longitudinal slats are connected to each other by vertical battensb b which embrace the ends of the same. These longitudinal slats arefurther secured to each other by a vertical central batten, C, which iscut away on the rear at its upper and lower ends for the passage of therollers B B, which support the guide and gate.

On the rear of the gate, and to the vertical and bottom longitudinalslats, are secured guides and supporting-rails O O,which extend beyondthe end of the gate. These railsare provided at their portion adjacentto the end of the gate with strips or braces, (Z (Z, which are attachedto the supporting-rail and the end of the gate. These braces prevent thesupporting and guide rails from springing and strengthen the same. Byarranging these slats G 0 upon the gate as described, a uniformappearance is given to the same, and addi- I tional longitudinal railsbetween the battens are dispensed with. The supporting-rails C C extendbeyond the end of the gate to a distance equal to one-half the length ofthe same, at which distance one of the supporting-posts with rollers islocated. The strips or braces d d, which are attached to the rails O O,at right angles with the same, allow the flanges of the rollers B B tooverlap said rails and hold the gate in place.

Attachedto the front of the gate, opposite the central vertical battenc, are two parallel bars or rods, 6 e, which project beyond the same.The ends of these rods are bent at right an gles, and are secured to thelongitudinal rails and vertical battens 0. These rods embrace theflanged roller E, which is attached to the end of the operating-lever F.

p The gate hereinbefore described is supported on the lower rail,whichrests upon the flanged rollers attached to the" lower portion of theposts G G, which posts are provided near their tops with similar rollershaving flanges which overlap the upper portion of the top rail. Theserollers embrace the guide rail, so as to support the gate and preventthe same from tilting and being displaced laterally, and. allow the sameto be slid backward or forward'to open or close the gate;

The lever F, which is provided on its end with a flanged roller, E,which is embraced between the rods 6 e, is connected at its lower end toa rock-shaft, H, which extends at right angles with the gate. Thisrock-shaft is provided at its end with bearing and pinion, said pinionbeing rigidly attached near the end of the shaft H. The ends of thistransverse shaft rest within bearings formed in the end of the casting II, which are attached to the lower portion of the posts K K. Thesecastings I I, as shown in Fig. 3, consist of a rectangular plate, I,which is provided with end bearing or recess, k, and perforations i i,for attaching the same to the post. The opposite end of this casting isprovided with an opening through which passes the pivot or bolt by meansof which the segment-gear L is attached to the same. This segment-gearis provided with an operating-lever J which is bent so as to be withineasy reach of a person in the vehicle. This segment-gear meshes with thepinion on the shaft H, to which the lever for opening and closing thegate is attached.

By the construction and arrangement of the p arts as hereinbeforedescribed, I provide a gate which is strong and not liable to sag, andwhich is easily operated, and from its simplicity is not liable to getout of order.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

SAMUEL J. MILLER.

'Witnesses THOMAS R. JEssUr, \VILLLiM E. Cox.

